Rail-joint.



No. 817,822. PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

G. A. WEBER.

EAILJOINT. APPLICATION FILED MAB.31, 1905- 1 m m w m n, HW A P Q WA. T n B I E m J a M H v m G N A L byvwmm PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

G. A. WEBER.

RAIL JOINT.

PATENTBD APR. l7, 1906f G. A. WEBER.

RAIL JOINT.

OR KWOW i f M I o UNITED STATIiS FATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. W'EBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY

MESN E ASSIGN- MEI TS, TO THE RAIL JOINT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A GOR- PORATION OF NEIV YORK.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed March 31, 1905. Serial No. 253,123.

To all whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WEBER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings.

This invention relates to rail-joints; and one of its objects is to hold the rails in position under the passage of a train an d prevent the rail ends from moving upward when the wheels are passing from one rail to another.

Another object of the invention is to secure a firm downward hold upon the base-flanges of the rails.

Further objects of the invention will hereinafter appear; and to these ends the invention consists of a rail-j0int for carrying out the above objects embodying the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts having the general mode of operation substantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a rail-joint embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of a modification. Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views of modifications.

Referring to the drawings, A and B repre sent the meeting ends of rails, and O represents rail-chairs having bases D and inwardly and upwardly extending uprights E, forming boltplates. Arranged between the uprights E and the webs of the rails are angle-plates F, provided with base-flanges G, upon which the bolt-plates of the rail-chairs are adapted to rest. Arranged between the uprights E of the chairs and the angle-plates F is suitable packing material, which may be'in the form of elastic washers H or washers of rigid material or continuous strips of elastic or rigid material extending across the joint. Suitable bolts I, provided with heads J and nuts K, secure the parts of the oint together.

In order to increase the strength of the railchairs and also increase the extent of bearing-surface of the chairs upon the baseflanges G, I construct 'the chairs with inwardly-extending ribs or noses L, adapted to In Fig. 1 it will be seen that the uprights E are offset inwardly and from the portions Q of the chair adjoining the bases D. In the modification of Fig. 3 the portions E, through which the bolts pass, are arranged substantially vertically over the portions Q adjacent the bases D. In Fig. 3 the noses L are required to be longer and larger than the noses L. (Shownin Fig. 1.) The noses L in Fig. 3 are formed from masses of metal which extend inwardly from the uprights and bear upon the flanges G of the side bars or angleplates.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the noses L and L of the rail-chairs are shown bearing upon the flanges of the rails, and in this case fish-plates F are used, preferably having no base-flanges.

Obviously somefeatures of this invention may be used without others, and the invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms.

Therefore, without limiting myself to the constructions shown and described or enumerating equivalents, I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the following:

1. A rail-joint comprising the rails, side bars, rail-chairs having bases and uprights, inwardly-extending ribs or noses provided upon said uprights projecting beyond the plane thereof, and adapted to bear upon the base-flanges of the rails, filling material between the uprights of the chairs and the side bars, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together.

2. A rail-j oint comprising the rails, an upright or bolt-plate at one side of the joint, a rail-chair at the other side of the joint having a base and an upright or bolt-plate, an inwardly-extending rib or nose provided upon said upright projecting beyond the plane thereof, and adapted to exert pressure upon the upper surfaces of the base-flanges of the rails, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together.

3. A rail-chair comprising the rails, side bars, rail-chairs having bases and uprights or bolt-plates, inwardly-extending ribs or noses provided upon said uprights, projecting beyond the plane thereof, and adapted to eXert pressure upon the upper surfaces of the basefianges of the rails, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together.

4. A rail-joint comprising the rails, side bars, arail-chair having a base and an upright, an inwardly-extending rib or nose provided upon the upright, projecting beyond the plane thereof, and adapted to bear upon the to base-flanges of the rails, filling material between the upright of the chair and one side bar, and bolts for securing the parts of the joint together.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of tWo subscrib- I 5 ing Witnesses.

GEORGE A. WEBER. WVitnesses:

E. VAN ZANDT,

A. L. OBRIEN. 

